An excellent company with an outstanding culture - Frontend Engineer GitLab Employee Review

5.0
18 Jan 2017
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Pros

- 100% remote - a lot of freedom and trust is granted in how you spend your work hours - great benefits - a very diverse team of people all over the globe - (their entire employee handbook is open source and published online - give it a look!)

Cons

- average to below-average salary - a lot of responsibility to manage time effectively - a high bar for hiring due to recent spike in publicity and popularity

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5.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

Best company I've ever worked for. Strong culture, great leadership, competitive compensation, excellent work life balance, and a genuine focus on employee well being and career growth.

Cons

Fast paced environment and high expectations, but that's part of working at a successful, growing company.

2.0
16 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

OK pay or benefits in the market. Fully remote. Still is trying to frame itself as a big player.

Cons

Leadership went from being collaborative, communicative, and transparent, to being mercurial, secretive, and out of touch with the actual work. OBSESSSES over your AI usage metrics - even if AI doesn't help you and slows you down. The current layoff in progress was communicated poorly and not planned at all. And now they want us to adore the leaders and the company? Cultish vibes. We went from a company that plans ahead to a company that reacts.

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